(Reuters) -Apollo Hospitals Enterprise reported third-quarter profit that beat estimates on Monday, helped by better occupancy at its hospitals.
The Chennai-based hospital chain, which had over 7,996 beds as of December 2024, said it was on track to add 3,512 beds over a period of three to four years, beginning FY26.
Hospital-chain operators such as Apollo, Max Healthcare and Aster DM Healthcare have been focusing on growing their bed counts and expanding their existing projects on a robust post-pandemic demand for healthcare services.
“The overall occupancy for hospitals was at 68% vs 66% in the same period in the previous year, aided by a strong increase in patient flows across hospitals,” Apollo said in a statement.
The company’s consolidated net profit rose 51.8% year-on-year to 3.72 billion Indian rupees ($42.5 million) for the quarter ended December 31. Analysts, on average, expected 3.51 billion rupees, according to data compiled by LSEG.
Higher surgery volumes also provided a boost to the hospital chain’s growth.
This helped its revenue from the healthcare services business – which contributes more than half its total revenue – jump 12.9%, pushing overall revenues up by 14% to 55.27 billion rupees. Analysts, on average, expected revenue of 55.23 billion rupees.
The company’s digital health and pharmacy vertical, which offers online consultations and operates the Apollo 24/7 platform, reported a 14.8% year-on-year rise in revenue.
($1 = 87.4470 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Rishika Sadam, Anuran Sadhu, Kashish Tandon in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai)
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